With solely 2,300 hours to go till a full Ecco the Dolphin reveal, new particulars emerge in regards to the forthcoming reboot

Plans for a brand new Ecco the Dolphin sport have been quietly revealed final Could, along with remasters of the 1992 unique and its sequel Tides of Time. On the time an internet site was launched bearing a 8,500 hour countdown. Andy Chalk did the maths approach again then, and discovered that the countdown would finish a while in April 2026.

Which remains to be practically 4 months away. However, right here we’re in January 2026 with a bit extra data on these forthcoming Ecco video games. It is now confirmed that new California-based studio A&R Atelier is creating the brand new sport, with unique Ecco producer Ed Annunziata on board as chief artistic officer.

In a press launch issued at the moment A&R Atelier confirmed there are “a number of new Ecco the Dolphin merchandise and video games” in improvement, although whether or not these embrace the already-confirmed remasters and a brand new sport, or one thing extra, is not specified. I’ve reached out to A&R Atelier for extra particular particulars, although I assume they’re maintaining it underneath their hats for the massive April reveal. I am going to replace if I hear again.

If the ’90s appears like historical historical past to you, maybe you do not know that Ecco the Dolphin was an enormous deal when it launched for Sega Genesis in 1992. It rapidly grew to become a bestseller on the again of in depth advertising—I nonetheless keep in mind the TV commercials—although should you have been one of many youngsters fortunate sufficient to have performed it, you’d have been hit with one in every of most pitilessly troublesome video games of the period.

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